Senior 3D Artist
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
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Requisition Number: 118845
Position Title: Senior User Interface Artist
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Artiste 3D principal
La motivation nourrit notre industrie – le désir de donner vie à une idée, d’inclure du jamais vu à un jeu. C’est ce qui donne la force motrice de l’équipe Motive. Nos seules limites sont celles de notre imagination. Le studio Motive vise à redéfinir les jeux d’action et à proposer aux adeptes des jeux novateurs de qualité supérieure. Quoi de mieux que d’avoir la possibilité de créer la prochaine franchise à succès et de participer aux débuts d’un tout nouveau studio? Si les jeux vous passionnent et que vous souhaitez repousser les limites de votre art, profitez de cette occasion unique.
À titre d’artiste 3D chez Motive, vous travaillerez en étroite collaboration avec notre directeur artistique et les artistes dans l’exécution, le perfectionnement et la mise en œuvre d’actifs artistiques 3D existants. Vous concevrez des actifs artistiques 3D de haute qualité utilisés dans les jeux, vous familiariserez avec les pipelines artistiques et participerez à l’organisation et à la gestion des éléments visuels dans l’ensemble des disciplines artistiques de jeu.
Tâches quotidiennes :
- Créer des modèles et des matériaux (textures) de haute qualité, y compris des actifs intrajeu et cinématiques, à l’aide du moteur Frostbite de EA
- Collaborer avec les directeurs artistiques, les chefs artistiques et les chefs techniques à la livraison de leur vision et de leurs exigences, dans le respect des échéances
- Communiquer activement le progrès aux intervenants clés de l’équipe
- Jouer un rôle actif au sein de l’équipe en continuant de créer du contenu graphique de renommée mondiale
- Participer aux évaluations en groupe
Exigences :
- Au moins 5 ans d’expérience dans l’industrie du jeu, de préférence au sein d’un studio/jeu AAA
- Expertise de Maya, Max, Modo ou d’un logiciel de modélisation 3D similaire
- Maîtrise de ZBrush ou Mudbox recherchée (pour la sculpture d’actifs et de textures)
- Capacité exceptionnelle de créer des modèles de surface dure
- Connaissance du séchage des surfaces à taux de polygones élevé à faible
- Capacité de peindre des surfaces photoréalistes à l’aide d’une solution logicielle commerciale (idéalement Substance Painter)
- Expérience en modélisation de véhicules un atout supplémentaire
- Capacité de transmettre une valeur narrative à une scène ou à un actif de jeu, en tenant compte de l’âge, de la dégradation et du contexte
- Sens développé de la composition de scènes et attention marquée à l’éclairage, à la couleur et aux détails
- Excellente compréhension des matières physiques et de leur reproduction par ordinateur
- Expérience de travail requise avec des moteurs de jeu orientés sur le contenu (p. ex., Unreal, Frostbite, Unity)
- Capacité de travailler à partir d’un dossier et de suivre les directives
- Capacité d’adaptation aux nouveaux processus et pipelines
- Attitude positive et passion pour la collaboration
- Connaissance à jour des meilleures pratiques, de la production d’éléments artistiques intrajeu et des applications logicielles
Qu’avons-nous à vous offrir? Bonne question!
Nous sommes fiers des avantages que nous offrons comme des régimes d’assurance-maladie et d’avantages sociaux complets, le remboursement des frais de cours, un régime de retraite avec cotisation équivalente et, bien sûr, des jeux vidéo gratuits. Nous savons que pour créer des jeux de renommée mondiale, il nous faut des talents de classe mondiale. C’est pourquoi nous offrons une rémunération concurrentielle ainsi qu’une culture basée sur la créativité et l’individualité.
Pour en savoir plus sur notre emplacement : https://www.ea.com/fr-ca/careers/careers-overview/montreal
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Les studios Motive vous offrent les moyens et l’occasion. Venez découvrir ce dont vous êtes capable!
Senior 3D Artist
Everyone in our industry has a Motive - an idea they want to bring to life, something they’ve never seen before in a game that they want to make a reality. This is what drives everyone at Motive. The only limit here is the team’s imagination. Motive aims to redefine action games and bring the highest quality innovative games to players. What could be better than getting to create the world’s next block buster franchise and be part of building a brand-new studio from the ground up? If you are passionate about games and motivated to push your craft further this is the opportunity of a lifetime.
As a 3D Artist at Motive you will work closely with our Art Director and staff Artists to deliver, polish and implement existing 3D art assets. You’ll create high quality 3dart assets for use in game, learn art pipelines and help organize and manage artwork across all game art disciplines.
Day to Day:
- Creating high quality models and materials (textures), including in-game and cinematic assets, using EA’s own Frostbite engine
- Working with Art Directors, Art Leads and Technical Leads on delivering their vision and requirements – keeping to schedule
- Actively communicate progress to key stakeholders within the team
- Be an active team player in continuing to create world class graphics content
- Participate in group reviews
Who You Are:
- At least 5 years+ of previous experience in the game industry; preferably within a AAA studio/game
- Expert knowledge of Maya, Max, Modo, or similar 3D modeling software
- Proficiency with ZBrush and/or Mudbox is desirable (for sculpting assets and textures)
- Exceptional ability creating hard surface models
- Knowledge of high-poly to low-poly surface baking
- Ability to paint photorealistic surfaces using industry standard software (ideally Substance Painter)
- Experience modeling vehicles an added bonus
- Ability to convey a sense of ‘story’ in a scene or game asset – taking into account age, weathering and context
- Strong sense of scene composition with a superior eye for lighting, colour, and detail
- An excellent understanding of physical materials and how to replicate them in CG
- Experience working with content driven game engines is required (e.g. Unreal, Frostbite, Unity)
- Ability to work from a brief and follow direction
- Ability to adapt to new processes and pipelines
- Positive attitude with a passion to collaborate
- Current knowledge of best practices, in-game art production and software applications
What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!
We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, pension with company match and, of course, free video games. Realizing it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality.
More about our location: https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/montreal
Motive Studios has the Means and Opportunity. Come see what you can do!
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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.
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About Electronic Arts
Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.
We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.
Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
Days Open: 136
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About Electronic Arts
Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.
We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.
Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.